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> Why don't the people at the top want to share? There are people like that in every wealth bracket. The difference is, the people at the top are uniquely empo
by schiffern 9y ago
> Why don't the people at the top want to share?
There are people like that in every wealth bracket. The difference is, the people at the top are uniquely empowered to make it happen.
As Dana Meadows warned us over 40 years ago, the numerous "[more] success to the successful" feedback loops in our society have overcome the wealth-equalizing negative feedback loops, with the (predictable) result being runaway exponential wealth concentration.[1] Limits to Growth, despite its convenient "debunking" in the popular zeitgeist, is tracking well with real-world data.[2]
[1] 1h long, worth it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMmChiLZZHg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMmChiLZZHg
[2] http://sustainable.unimelb.edu.au/sites/default/files/docs/MSSI-ResearchPaper-4_Turner_2014.pdf http://sustainable.unimelb.edu.au/sites/default/files/docs/M..., via https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/02/limits-to-growth-was-right-new-research-shows-were-nearing-collapse https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/02/limits...
- schiffern 9y ago(too late to edit) [1] timecode link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMmChiLZZHg&t=3m55s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMmChiLZZHg&t=3m55s direct link to the part on "success to the successful" loops https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMmChiLZZHg&t=18m48s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMmChiLZZHg&t=18m48s